Type of projects the 20 projects study object, awarded during the 16 years of the call, in the area of management of the water, have been characterized to approach 6 areas main: Product development: It corresponds to the projects of innovation in goods and services for the saving, protection and conservation of the water? Education: are projects designed for the awareness of workers, with the purpose of to promote the saving and conservation of the hydric resource. Handling: they are projects that involve programs for the integral handling of the resource whose aim is the rational and efficient use of the same? Planning and ordering: It corresponds to the diagnosis of the hydric resource of a zone for the best advantage of the same on the part of an organization. Treatment: Measures to improve the physico-chemical and/or biological conditions of the pourings In the following table the behavior from these areas When analyzing appears the previous table can be demonstrated the following behaviors: The development of new products was only generated once, in the first call. The education projects had height between 1995 and 1999. After this period it did not have propose that reached the first places or not they presented/displayed.

The programs directed to the handling of the water have maintained a relatively constant behavior from 1993 and corresponds to 50% of the granted prizes since it initiated the prize. One has only appeared a program of planning and ordering of the resource in call 2006-2007. Between years 2000 and 2007 5 projects for the treatment of pourings were awarded, being located in the second group of importance with 25% of the granted prizes, demonstrating an increasing tendency of this type of initiatives. Entity type involved When analyzing the promotional and/or collaborating companies of these projects obtains the following result? Of the previous figure is demonstrated the little participation of the unions (15%), organizations with an ample potential in this area? One stands out the absence of the contributor University as and complement of the enterprise sector in the creation and management of the knowledge for the development of new products and processes directed towards the sustainable handling of the hydric resource.